Social Security and SSI Statistics by Congressional District, December 2002

New Hampshire

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to workers and their families when earnings stop or are reduced because the worker retires, dies, or becomes disabled. The amount of benefits received is based on the worker's level of earnings in employment or self-employment covered by the Social Security program.

Table 1. OASDI in New Hampshire, December 2002: Number of beneficiaries and monthly benefit amount for benefits in current-payment status

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Table 2. SSI in New Hampshire, December 2002: Number of persons receiving federally administered payments and monthly benefit amount

Congressional district

Number of recipients

Monthly benefit amount(thousands of dollars)

Number of recipients

Total

Aged

Blind

Disabled

Total

Aged

Blind

Disabled

With OASDIa

Aged 65 or older

United States, total

6,787,857

1,251,528

77,658

5,458,671

2,951,425

415,574

35,144

2,500,707

2,406,327

1,995,284

New Hampshire

12,522

978

135

11,409

5,077

220

47

4,809

4,726

1,875

1

5,905

495

63

5,347

2,375

108

23

2,244

2,277

894

2

6,617

483

72

6,062

2,702

112

24

2,565

2,449

981

a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.